The Union Health Minister J P Nada has sought proposal from the Tripura government over establishing AIIMS like Medical College in Tripura Tribal Areas and Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).
In his letter to the MP for East Tripura constituency Kriti Devi Debbarman recently, Nadda stated, “If the State Government includes a proposal for strengthening health care services in Tripura East in the State PIP, MOHFW would be happy to support such proposal provided it is within the framework of NHM and the overall resource envelope of the State.”
“Under National Health Mission (NHM), the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) provides financial and technical support to the States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare infrastructure based on the requirements posed by the States/UTs in their Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) within their overall resource envelope”, Nadda writes.
In his written reply to the MP, Nadda said, “I have had the matter examined and would like to inform you that under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) for strengthening of healthcare facilities in North-Eastern Region, an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Guwahati, Assam has already been established and the Institute is functional.”
“Further, for expansion and strengthening of tertiary healthcare facilities in Tripura, under another component of PMSSY, approval was accorded for upgradation of Agartala Medical College, Tripura on Center-State sharing basis by way of construction of Super Speciality Block, which has been completed. In current phase of PMSSY, there is no proposal for establishment of AIIMS in Tripura,” he wrote.
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